M Puzzle: Guys'll Eat Ivy, Too

by Marc Moskowitz

In spite of looking like cryptic clues, these are in fact descriptions of creatures from the Dr. Seuss book On Beyond Zebra ("zoo/not enough"; homonym of "Geisel" in the title). The numbers are the letter of the creature's name to use, not the number of letters in the word. The animals are:

itch-a-Pods

high gArgel-orum

glikkeR

zatz-iT

vroOms

miss Fuddle-dee-duddle

spAzzim

jogg-ooNs

floob-boober-bAb-boober-bubs

nutChes

thnadneRs

yekkO

flunNel

quandarY

wuMbus

The indicated letters spell PART OF AN ACRONYM, which is a clue for the word INITIAL.